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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Brown ink drawing of an octagonal ceiling design with a central chariot scene and oval medallions of nude figures.

Design for an Octagonal Ceiling (or Dish?)

Ottavio Strada, 1510-63

Illuminated initial T showing monks singing before an altar, with a kneeling man at a lion-head water spout below.

Initial T with a group of Benedictine monks singing before an altar from which issues water

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Ink and wash drawing of a classical door frame with arched pediment, rosette pilasters and stepped moulded surround.

Drawing for a Door Frame

Lorenzo Sarti, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a circular columned temple above buildings and bushy trees on a hill.

View of Temple of Vesta, Tivoli

after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Illuminated letter A with blue dragons, pink wolves and green scrolling foliage on a gold background.

Initial A

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Pen and ink drawing of a grinning satyr's head with curly hair, pointed ears, and swirling horns on paper.

Satyr's Head

Adamo Scultori, 1566-80

Illuminated gold initial D with a purple dragon and green foliage inside an oval counter.

Initial D

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Pen and watercolor architectural drawing of a gallery with elevations, a wall section, and a floor plan with statue niches.

Plan "della nuova Galleria"

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1796-1873

Illuminated initial L with gold ground, blue patterned panel, pink flowers and green scrolling foliage.

Initial L

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Albert Reindel (1784-1853), Kupferstecher

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Architectural elevations of a ballroom in pen and watercolor, with blue drapery, a statue, and an arched vault section.

Elevation "della nuova Galleria"

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1796-1873

Pen and ink sketch of a winged putto raising one arm beside a large bearded head with curly hair.

Two Sketches: Kneeling Putto Holding a Head (recto) Details of a Nude Male Child (verso)

Bartolomeo Passarotti, n.d.

Albert Trümpi Fürst von Bonadur (Buchhalter in Bern)

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Gilded decorative initial letter with green and orange foliage and flowers inside purple and blue borders on cream paper.

Initial U (?)

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical architecture with seated women, putti, and clouded figures above a sunburst.

Drawing for a Frontispiece

Mauro Soderini, 1704-39

Kneeling crowned figure in red robe praying inside a gilded illuminated initial with blue ornament and an open book.

Initial N (?) with David in Prayer

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Pen and gray wash drawing of a standing warrior statue with helmet and spear on a circular pedestal, seen from behind.

Statue of Standing Warrior, from Rear

Follower of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a winged angel in green drapery above a mass of falling figures among clouds.

Study for the Fall of Simon Maqus, S. Paolo Maggiare, Naples

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Pencil and chalk portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a fur-collared coat, looking upward, on brown paper.

Albert von Camesina (1806-1881), Grafiker, Altertumsforscher

Josef Danhauser, 1833

Watercolor of a standing young man in green coat facing a seated older man with papers at a desk in a period room.

"'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I" frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion

Charles Edmund Brock, 1898

Brown wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with angels, clouds, and a nativity-like group of figures below.

Design for an Oval Ceiling with Four New Testament Scenes

Bartolommeo Tarsia, 1711-65

Illuminated initial I with a crowned bearded man in a red robe leaning on a blue letter against gold leaf and foliage.

Initial I with David

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Albrecht Adam (1786-1862), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo cartouche with an empty oval center and scrolling acanthus ornament.

Design for Cartouche

Fortunato Tesi, 18th century

Black and white two-panel drawing: an armored knight by trees and flowers, and women leaning over a castle tower wall.

Study for How a Devil in Woman's Likeness Would Have Tempted Sir Bors

Aubrey Beardsley, 1893

Brown ink and wash design sketch of a half cartouche with scrolling foliage and a carved mask at upper right.

Design for Half Cartouche with Mask

Fortunato Tesi, 18th century

Seated bearded king in a gold crown and blue robe, resting his head on his hand, inside a gilded decorated initial C.

Initial C with David (King Saul?)

Master of the Cypresses, 1430s

Watercolor of a forest clearing with an ivy-covered ruin, a hunter with a gun on a path, and hills in the distance.

Boslandschap met ruïnes en een jager

Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, 1823

Pen and watercolour drawing of a castle with a tall spire and round tower behind dense green trees.

Gezicht op het Château d'Antonius te Antoine

Gillis Neyts, 1633

Watercolor drawing of a young man in a brown jacket and white trousers leaning against a wall, hand on hip.

Staande jonge man, leunend tegen een muur

Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, 1823

Hand-colored 1854 map of central Vienna and part of Wieden with fortifications, gardens, Danube, and corner coats of arms.

Album zur Erinnerung der Vermählung des Kaisers Franz Josef mit der Prinzessin Elisabeth (Bürgermeister-Album): Blatt…

Cajetan Schiefer, 1854

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling boy before a seated older man at a desk with books and inkwell in a study.

Knielende jongen voor het bureau van een oudere man

Johann Wilhelm Kaiser, 1823